Sector News
As from 1st October 2011 landlords have to give water companies their tenant’s contact
details, as a result of changes made by the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Pest infestations can be incredibly distressing in a domestic property. With distress also comes the risk of disease, possibility of damage caused by rodent gnawing, and large scale destruction and contamination of foodstuffs by rodents and insects. As a landlord you need to know whose responsibility it is to deal with pest issues, and which pests you are most likely to come into contact with. Richard Moseley, Technical Manager of the British Pest Control Association (BPCA), offers some assistance.
In a move designed to strengthen tenants' and landlords' awareness of their rights and responsibilities, Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today published helpful advice aimed at those letting or renting a property.
Mr Shapps said that too often, unnecessary disputes between those renting and letting a property were caused by misunderstandings that could be prevented by having access to better information on the rights and responsibilities of both tenants and landlords.
There is an old truism that when you are in a swamp and the alligator is about to bite your head off it is difficult to remember that your intention was to drain the swamp!
So many laws support interrelate (or even contradict one another) that it is extremely difficult to understand and hang onto the basic principles in recruiting and managing people.
Government proposal to allow water companies to make landlords liable for tenants unpaid water bills
Under the Walker Review of Water Charging the Government is considering changing the law so that Landlords are liable for the payment of a Tenant's unpaid water bill.
The OFT has issued prohibition orders banning Wolfgang David Dunn, Sean Allen Wren and Astons GB Ltd, the Southampton estate agency they work for, from engaging in estate agency work.
